This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2015-11-03 08:15
Item from Nov 3, 1999, in China Daily: Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa (left), and Judson Green, chairman of Disney World Attractions, are accompanied by Mickey Mouse yesterday in Hong Kong ... Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Co yesterday announced a multi-billion-dollar deal to build a theme park and resort complex in the special administrative region, which will be the third Disneyland outside the United States ...
The government will invest HK$22.45 billion ($2.9 billion) in the Disney park and accompanying infrastructure.
The first Disney theme park in the Chinese mainland is expected to open next year.
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